Technical Product Owner

Specialist II - Software Engineering

 

Who We Are:

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.

With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.

Visit us at UST.com.

 

You Are:

The Technical Product Owner is responsible for requirements gathering and close collaboration with engineering, infrastructure and product teams. This role involves ongoing interaction with a variety of end-users and internal stakeholders.  The Technical Product Owner will create a vision for development projects, manage the product backlog, and prioritize scope. This role requires deep domain knowledge with strong experience in weighing priorities according to the needs and objectives of stakeholders and be accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product.

 

The opportunity:

·       The Product Owner spends effort to manage the backlog and ensure requirements are complete for features and stories as well as definition of ‘ready’ and ‘done’ is clearly defined.

·       The Product Owner works through approved Demand Idea Intake process and subsequently adds the Idea to the Product backlog.

·       Collaborates with Business and Technology stakeholders to understand the business requirements and translate them to product requirements. The product owner also works on grooming the product backlog.

·       Analyzes processes and systems in detail and works closely with the development team to understand product development requirements, help identify areas for automation, improvement.

·       The Product Owner builds user stories according to the business requirements, review with the Development, QA and other team members, making sure everyone on the team understands the scope and how it can be tested.

·       The Product Owner defines the acceptance criteria of the user stories and review with Product Owner to make sure it meets the objective of the story.

·       Understanding the technical concepts, systems, and architectures to be able to write clear and concise stories for technical audiences and communicate with development teams.

·       The Product Owner should possess technical competencies to understand architecture and integration across multiple systems e.g. type of Integration, type of record, record structure, etc.

·       The Product Owner should have experience with any middleware solutions like MuleSoft, ESB, ASB to be able to write technical stories with proper description and acceptance criteria, along with technical documentation.

·       Analyze existing software applications to understand and document functionality, business rules, and data flows.

·       Develop user stories from solution architect’s design and customer requirements including details of the data interfaces within the different layers of the data platform.

·       Translate high level requirements into products and product features.

·       Create work items in stories in backlog. Work closely with engineering and QA to validate that the work item meets acceptance criteria.

·       Prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy.

·       Works with team members and stakeholders to help the team contribute towards improving the overall development Value Stream. Facilitates preparation and readiness for PI Planning

·       Collaborates with scrum master in preparation for ART activities, including PI Planning, System Demos, and the Inspect and Adapt, supports estimating.

 

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

 

What you need:

·       Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience with a preferred area of study in technology, business, or project management.

·       5 years experience as a product owner or technical product owner.

·       Demonstrates a strong understanding of SAFe Agile portfolio practices.

·       Working understanding of Azure Service Bus and MongoDb or similar middleware and repositories

·       Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex business processes and systems.

·       Experienced with creating technical specs.

·       Experienced with Azure DevOps

·       Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and translate business needs into technical requirements.

·       Basic project management skills to assist in the planning and execution of projects.

·       Good understanding of Workday or Salesforce CRM and CPQ

 

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Remote

Compensation Range: $ 119,000-$145,000

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They and their dependents residing in Canada are eligible for Supplemental Healthcare coverage, as well as Company-paid Employee Only basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year). They and their dependents residing in Canada are eligible for Supplemental Healthcare coverage, as well as Company-paid Employee Only basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.

Part-time regular and temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All Canadian employees who work in a province, territory or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.

What we believe:

We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

An Equal Opportunity Workplace, Free of Discrimination and Harassment

At UST, we strive to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We are an equal opportunity employer and employment decisions are based on merit and business needs. Our Human Rights Policy further illustrates our stand on this. We are committed to following fair employment practices that provide equal opportunities to all employees. We do not discriminate or allow harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status, or any other legally protected status. At UST, we value diversity and believe that a diverse workplace builds a competitive advantage.

Un lieu de travail à égalité des chances, sans Discrimination et harcèlement

Chez UST, nous nous efforçons de fournir un environnement de travail exempt de discrimination et harcèlement. Nous sommes un employeur garantissant l'égalité des chances et des décisions en matière d'emploi sont basés sur le mérite et les besoins de l'entreprise. Notre politique en matière de droits de l'homme illustre notre position à ce sujet. Nous nous engageons à respecter un emploi équitable des pratiques qui offrent des chances égales à tous les employés. Nous ne faisons pas discriminer ou permettre le harcèlement sur la base de la race, de la couleur, de la religion, du handicap, genre, origine nationale, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, expression de genre, âge, informations génétiques, statut militaire ou tout autre statut légalement protégé. Chez UST, nous valorisons la diversité et pensons qu'un lieu de travail diversifié crée un avantage compétitif.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

 

 

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